On the Issue of Combating Domestic Violence through Criminal Legal Means

Purpose of the study. This article, as the title suggests, examines preventive measures in the fight against domestic violence. The authors analyze the legislation of the Russian Federation, considering the preventive measures that were used in the past and what impact they had on current legislation. This work also provides articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, where the unlawful actions of the subject are of a special nature, emphasizing that these actions are domestic violence. The authors indicate how dangerous this group of crimes is and how the commission of crimes in this group will affect society as a whole and its individual subjects in particular. How to combat such crimes of a latent nature is revealed in this article to the extent that domestic legislation currently allows. Foreign measures to combat domestic violence are analyzed, whether they can be successfully implemented into Russian legislation without causing conflicts, and how effective their use will be, taking into account existing social norms.Conclusions. The authors come to the conclusion that improving legal norms aimed at preventing the fight against domestic violence will lead to ensuring the safety of potential victims and the successful development of moral and social norms in society.